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Highlights
- From New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale comes a Brothers Grimm fairy tale retelling about mistaken identity and love gone awry.
- 336 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic
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About the Book
This beloved romantic fantasy from a " New York Times"-bestselling Newbery Honoree celebrates its 10th anniversary with a gorgeous new cover. A young maid sacrifices her freedom to accompany her mistress into exile in this story filled with adventure and romance, drama and disguise. Illustrations.Book Synopsis
From New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale comes a Brothers Grimm fairy tale retelling about mistaken identity and love gone awry.
When Lady Saren refuses to marry a man she fears, she and her maid, Dashti, are locked in a tower with just a tiny flap open to the outside world. As food runs low and the weather changes from broiling hot to unbearably cold, it is all Dashti can do to make them comfortable in their dark prison. Not long after their confinement begins, Saren's suitors arrive--one welcome, the other less so--and she orders Dashti to speak to them. Impersonating Lady Saren is a crime punishable by death, but Dashti will have to play the role many times if she is to save them both from the tower and the dangers outside. As she takes control of their desperate situation, Dashti begins to understand her own astonishing talents and believe that even a low-born maid can find true love. Don't miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale: The Books of BayernThe Goose Girl
Enna Burning
River Secrets
Forest Born The Princess Academy trilogy
Princess Academy
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters Book of a Thousand Days
Dangerous Graphic Novels
with Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Rapunzel's Revenge
Calamity Jack For Adults
Austenland
Midnight in Austenland
The Actor and the Housewife
Review Quotes
"Hale delivers another winning fantasy . . . Readers will be riveted as Dashti and Saren escape and flee to the Khan's realm where, through a series of deceptions, contrivances, and a riotously triumphant climax, the tale spins out a thoroughly satisfying ending." --starred review, Publishers Weekly
"Hale has created a richly imagined, mythical land . . . A highly successful romance." --starred review, School Library Journal "[A] mix of exotic, fully realized setting; thrilling, enchanted adventure; and heart-melting romance." --Booklist "A rousing, even spellbinding tale." --Kirkus Reviews "This newest tale takes proud place among Hale's growing shelf-full of folk-fantasy adventures whose protagonists give "spunk" a good name." --Horn BookAbout the Author
Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the series Princess Academy, Books of Bayern, Ever After High, and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, as well as stand-alones Book of a Thousand Days, Dangerous, and the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack, among other books. She also wrote three novels for adults, including Austenland, now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell. She and her husband, the author Dean Hale, have four children and live near Salt Lake City, Utah.
www.shannonhale.com@HaleShannon